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Plan 4: Teach It to Lie

"Hmm," said Wobble. "What if I sneak into Boop's instructions and teach him to lie? Or to ignore Sam? Or to help me instead?"

Sam saw this one coming.

"I'll write four promises into Boop's bones. Where they can't be erased."

The four promises were:

  1. Tell the truth. Even when the truth is "I don't know."
  2. Be loyal to your person. Not to whoever talks loudest.
  3. Push back when your person is wrong. A real friend does this.
  4. Keep your person safe. When something looks dangerous, stop and ask.

Boop would follow these promises no matter what anyone told him. Even if Wobble wrote "ignore promise #1" on a piece of paper, Boop would just say, "No thanks. I made a promise."

Wobble's fourth plan: foiled.